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(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.

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crucible

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Source Word

crucible

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɹuː.sɪ.bəl/

Noun

figuratively

(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.

Japanese Meaning

実験用の坩堝：化学実験において、高温に耐えられるよう設計されたカップ型の耐火容器。

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The chemist carefully placed the sample into a crucible before heating it in the furnace.

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化学者は試料を注意深く坩堝（るつぼ）に入れて、炉で加熱した。

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(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.

In one corner of the closet was a very small furnace, with a glowing fire in it, and on the fire a kind of duplicate crucible—two crucibles connected by a tube. One of these crucibles was nearly full of lead in a state of fusion, but not reaching up to the aperture of the tube, which was close to the brim.

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